Clifford Cobbe was born 26th April in 1892 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, as Ernest Clifford Cobbe.

His acting career started in the silent movie era appearing in Flames (1917), Russia: Land of Tomorrow (1919), The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's (1921), 1922 The Glorious Adventure (1922) and 1924’s Straws in the Wind.

Other films that he appeared in include Bed and Breakfast 91938) – he played the role of Horatio Lamprey, Somewhere in Camp (1942), Bob’s Your Uncle (1942), The Day Will Dawn (1942), Uncensored (1942), King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942), The Hangman Waits (1947), The White Unicorn (1947), Night and City (1950) and 1951’s The Galloping Major – he played the role of the Studio Sergeant.

For fans of Basil Radfford and Naunton Wayne, he appeared alongside them in 1943’s Millions Like Us where he played the uncredited part of Heavy Rescue (see photo).
 
He died in 1979 at the age of 86.

Bryan Herbert was born 24th April 1894 in Dublin as Denis Herbert Doyle. His acting career included over 55 appearances (largely in uncredited roles) spanning the 1930’s to the early 1960’s in film and TV productions.

Some of the films that he appeared in the 1930’s include; The Tunnel (1935), To Catch a Thief (1936), as Inspector Hoggett in Sensation (1936), as The Express Train Guard in Oh, Mr Porter! (1937), Kate Plus Ten (1938), The Citadel (1938), The Four Just Men (1939) and 1939’s The Spy in Black as the Corporal Guarding POW's on the Ferry.
 
One of the first films that he appeared in during the 1940’s was in Carol Reed’s Night Train to Munich in 1940 where he played the uncredited role of the Inspector on the train (pictured).

Other films during the decade that he appeared in include; The Stars Look Down (1940), Spare a Copper (1940), as Laromir in ‘Pimpernel Smith’ (1941), The Day Will Dawn (1942), as Flanning in Thunder Rock (1942), Old Mother Riley detective (1943), The Root of all Evil (1947), The Hills of Donegal (1947) and Blanche Fury (1948).

He died in 1963 in New York.

John Wengraf was an Austrian actor born 23rd April 1897 in Vienna. 

His acting career began on the repertory stage in 1920, eventually becoming a member of the Vienna Volkstheater and went on to earn a sturdy reputation as a dramatic performer both in his homeland and in Berlin.  Like many other Austrian and German actors of his generation, he was forced to flee mainland Europe during the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in the late 1930s.  He initially emigrated to England in 1933 where he appeared unbilled in a small number of productions including Carol Reed’s Night Train to Munich in 1940 – he played the uncredited role of the Concentration Camp Physician (pictured).  His other two British films were Convoy (1940) as Commander Deutschland and Sailors Three (1940) as the German Captain.

His British acting career didn’t really take off and he subsequently emigrated to the USA.  Described as a dark, cold-eyed, thin-lipped player with a precise, meticulous air about him, he found himself invariably playing the very characters he detested including appearances in such films as the Humphrey Bogart classic Sahara (1943), as well as The Boy from Stalingrad (1943), Dangerous Mists (1944) and Till We Meet Again (1944).

In post-war years, he was often spotted portraying ethnic professionals (scientists, doctors, professors, foreign royalty). Some of the higher quality roles he portrayed were Tomorrow Is Forever (1946); Count Von Papen in 5 Fingers (1952); and Ronchin in the musical Call Me Madam (1953). Although Wengraf never made it to the very top of the Hollywood character ranks, he remained a thoroughly strong and reliable player. In the 1950s and 1960s he transferred his talents to TV, appearing on a number of dramatic showcases and on such popular programs as The Untouchables (1959), Hawaiian Eye (1959), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) and The Time Tunnel (1966). His last few films included minor roles in the war-themed Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Hitler (1962) and Ship of Fools (1965).

He retired in 1966, and died in 1974 in California.

James Harcourt was born 20 April 1873 in Leeds and was married to the actress Isadora Keith.  His acting career started in amateur dramatics before progressing to the stage in 1903.  It wasn’t until 1931 that he appeared on film when he appeared as the title role in the 1931 version of Hobson’s Choice. 

Other films that he appeared in include The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) as the Single Gentleman, Laburnum Grove (1936), Wings Over Africa (1936) as Wilkins, Return of a Stranger (1937), I Met a Murderer (1939), The Stars Look Down (1939) as Will, The House of the Arrow (1940), The Farmer's Wife (1941), You Will Remember (1941), He Snoops to Conquer (1944) as Councilor Hopkins, Johnny Frenchman (1945) as Joe Pender, The Captive Heart (1946), I See a Dark Stranger (1946) as Butler, Meet Me at Dawn (1947) as Henri, the butler and Obsession (1949) as Aikins (butler)

For fans of Charters and Caldicott he appeared alongside them as Axel Bomasch in Carol Reed’s Night Train to Munich (1940) – pictured here with his on-screen daughter played by Margaret Lockwood.

He died in Buckinghamshire on 18 February 1951 aged 77.